The Ming army is cleaning the battlefield.

The soldiers did not show much excitement, but were not too frustrated, because the Second Battle was too fierce, and even if the Ming army won, they paid a heavy price and suffered huge casualties.

Although the sacrifice of the Ming army was almost negligible compared to the losses of the Tartars, the comrades who were still alive during dinner left forever at this time. Even because the front-line officers and soldiers were too urgent when they retreated, the deceased officers and soldiers could not even find their bodies after the explosion, which made the survivors feel the cruelty of this battle.

In front of the Ming army's positions, a large number of corpses of people and horses were piled up, just like a towering hill. A gust of north wind blew, bringing a fishy smell, and the middle-aged man was about to vomit.

After the battle, all the officers and soldiers in the trench rushed to the pile of corpses in front of the front line. As long as the corpses could be identified, they were all moved back. As for the corpses of the Tatars, no one moved them. At this time, they were exhausted and no one had the heart to cut their heads and exchange for military achievements.

By dawn, the troops counted the number of people, and about one hundred people disappeared. They did not act as deserters, but were buried under the pile of corpses of the Tartars in this battle, or under the soil. What's more, they were shaken to pieces by the previous series of big explosions, and they could not piece together a complete person.

Shen Xi was in charge of the Central Army tent, waiting for reports from various departments. Just after Chen Shi, the exact number of casualties of the troops last night finally came to him.

Three hundred and eighty-six soldiers died, three hundred and twenty-nine were injured and completely lost their combat effectiveness, one hundred and forty-four were missing, and six or seven hundred were slightly injured, which means that almost half of the front-line positions were engraved.

Even the guards around Shen Xi were injured by a hawk.

"...Sir, Mr. Tang has crossed the river, but I don't know whether he has successfully entered Yulin Cangcheng!"

Ma Jiu came over and reported respectfully that as soon as the war ended, the guards sent Tang Yin across the river, and happened to meet the messenger from Yansui Town on the other side of the river.

"This is information coming from Yansui Town!"

Speaking of this, Ma Jiu handed Shen Xi a letter of letter, and the surface of the cowhide envelope was stained with a layer of blood. Obviously, it was the price of his life for the letter to be successfully delivered to the army.

Shen Xi frowned and asked, "Is the messenger still there?"

Ma Jiu shook his head: "When he touched the shore, he was hit by several arrows. He was seriously injured and could not be rescued. When he was dying, let our people deliver the letter to the adults!"

Shen Xi sighed lightly and opened the letter. It was the Governor of the Three-Border Army who conveyed Zhu Houzhao's imperial order, which was the general idea that Shen Xi would give up the three armies and return to Yulin Weicheng. Although he did not say that he would abandon the three armies and protect one person, the meaning was expressed very clearly.

"Sir, do you have important military information?" Because of the serious consequences, before the head coach Shen Xi checked, Ma Jiu did not dare to let someone check the content of the letter, so he knew nothing about what was written in the letter.

Shen Xi handed the letter to the candle and burned it. He shook his head and said, "It's nothing big. I just informed us that Yansui Town will not send a soldier to help, so that we can solve the trouble in front of us by ourselves!"

"How can this be done!"

Ma Jiu widened his eyes, muttered dissatisfiedly, and then asked: "Why don't you... let's send someone to Yulin Cangcheng to ask for reinforcements? Now that there have been two victories here, how can Mr. Xie and the Governor-General of the Three-Border King ignore it?"

Shen Xi shook his head: "Brother Jiu, you are your own person. I have always treated you like my brother. I can only say something to you with my heart!"

Ma Jiu looked at Chen Xi and blinked, obviously a little confused.

After Chen Xi burned the letter, he walked to Ma Jiu and patted the other party on the shoulder: "Brother Jiu, we went to Fuzhou together. At that time, you were much more cheerful and heroic than you are now. Maybe you have been in the officialdom for a long time, which made you gradually become restrained! But this is good. If you follow me, be cautious, I can also entrust the important task."

Chen Xi paused and his expression became serious, "Brother Jiu, you have faced life and death tests with me many times before, and this time our fate is tied together again... This time I deliberately created the situation in front of me, and it is even more accurate that Your Majesty will not send reinforcements. It is not that I am seeking death, but that I want to create an illusion of being in a desperate situation. Otherwise, the Tatars will not fight with us with all their might, and the upper and lower armies will not abandon all selfish thoughts to save themselves."

"I actually have an unshirkable responsibility for so many soldiers killed and injured in the battle before. I want the Tatars to see that I am almost at the end of my life and make up our minds to take a desperate blow, so that we can win a greater victory! I have been planning for many years and have been waiting for this battle."

"As for the reinforcements on the three sides, haha, I don't need a soldier or a soldier!"

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Ming Army Camp.

In the central army's tent, Ma Jiu retreated with great worries, and Chen Xi couldn't hold on and was sleeping at his desk.

After several consecutive days of travel, two more fierce battles were encountered in a very short time. From Chenxi to the lower reaches, ordinary soldiers were exhausted physically and mentally. Fortunately, the troops in the army were rotated. At this time, the officers and soldiers who were left behind in the camp had entered the front line positions respectively, and nearly centaurs were jingling. The rest of the people and the civilians went out to the battlefield to harvest the heads of the Tartars as witnesses of military merit.

Compared with the Tumu Fort Battle that Chen Xi had fought before, the officers and soldiers were much more motivated this time. The problem is that they had won two battles and had full trust in Chen Xi.

Especially in the current scene of corpses and blood, most officers and soldiers believed that the Tatars could not continue to charge and die. The next step was to withdraw the Tatars with the arrival of reinforcements within the pass, and it was almost expected that the Tatars would withdraw their troops.

It was bright and bright.

When it was Si Shi, Chen Xi had a simple rest and felt that his spirit had recovered a little, he went to the camp to visit the injured soldiers. Rows of soldiers were lying in the tent and moaning in pain. When they saw Chen Xi, they looked at Chen Xi, and they looked like they were asking Chen Xi to take them back alive and see their wives and children at home.

This was also the thing that Chen Xi couldn't bear the most. Later, he didn't even dare to look directly into the eyes of these soldiers because he felt guilty.

It was obvious that this war could be avoided, but he insisted on his own, which directly led to the current situation. It made the war fierce from the beginning and made the soldiers under his command live a nervous life.

It would be fine if the officers and soldiers were intact. The problem is that there are many soldiers now, and many people cannot afford to be injured. As for whether the interests of some people can be sacrificed for the overall situation, it is hard to say, because everyone is a separate individual. They live not for the court and for the national justice, but for themselves and their families.

"...Don't worry, sir, the second line of defense has been strengthened, and with the many war horses and corpses of the Tatars in front serve as obstacles, the next time the Tatars rushed up, they still won't get any advantage!"

Chen Xi patrols to the front line, and Hu Songyue, Liu Xu and others come to report on the work. Seeing that Chen Xi's face is not good, he couldn't help but comfort him.

Chen Xi nodded, looked back at the direction of Yulin Cangcheng, and then said to Hu Songyue: "Give up the second line of defense immediately! All officers and soldiers retreated, blocking the enemy with the third, fourth and fifth lines of defense... When retreating, remove the bodies and obstacles in front of the first two fortifications!"

Hu Songyue asked in surprise: "Sir, what did you say? Why did you retreat like this... so why did you retreat?"

Chen Xi naturally cannot be said to want to tempt the Tatars to invest all their troops in the attack. He explained now: "The Tatars had already reached the nearest of the second line of defense before. Even if they were reinforced, there were no mines in front of the position, trapped in horse pits, caltrops, etc., blocking their offensive. Staying at the second position was too dangerous... Since this is the case, it is better to attract the Tatars to the depth of our line of defense and give the opponent a devastating blow again!"

Hu Songyue was a little unwilling to accept it, but could not refute Chen Xi.

Liu Xu next to him asked: "Why did the adults order the removal of obstacles? Those are the biggest barriers we can use! They can ensure that the Tartar cavalry cannot form a charge!"

Chen Xi shook his head slightly: "That pile of corpses is too high, blocking the soldiers' vision... Wouldn't the Tatars use this as a bridgehead for their subsequent attack?"

Chen Xi's words made Liu Xu and Hu Songyue very puzzled. They looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion.

Chen Xi sighed: "It's very simple. If the Tatars attack next time, they will rush to behind the obstacles quickly, and we will not be able to attack with muskets. Then they will build defense lines there, and then attack us with reflux cannons, strong crossbows, etc. At that time, our vision will be limited. When the sand and earth bag walls are destroyed and the trenches are filled, the Tatars will use shields or thick wooden boards as cover and approach step by step, and then we will feel uncomfortable!"

It was only then that Liu Xu and Hu Songyue probably understood a little.

Chen Xidao: "The Corpse Mountain in front is a double-edged sword for us. Now it can help us, but it will be used by the Tatars. It is best to be able to remove it. At least we cannot let our muskets destroy their martial arts. Do you understand?"

Chen Xi's words were full of mistakes. The problem was that he deliberately ignored the suppression and production of artillery and exaggerated the strength of the Tatars to attack. But in Liu Xu and Hu Songyue's mind, Chen Xi never missed it. Now that he explained the intention, the two of them had no reason to object.

"Yes, sir!"

Hu Songyue and Liu Xu bowed their fists, then led their troops to clean up the battlefield. They first dismantled the sand and soil bag walls of the second trench and transported them back to the rear, then went forward to transport the corpses of the headless Tartars to the wings of the position, poured them with fuel to burn them.

Seeing the thick smoke rolling in front of him and a burnt smell of barbecue floating into his nose, Chen Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and was still thinking about this issue when he returned to the camp.

"The army is worshipping me as a god, and I will say whatever I say. I am really ashamed to use their trust in me to achieve my goal!"

"They wouldn't know that with those obstacles, the Tatars would not attack with all their might. Only by clearing the road and stimulating the opponents, the Tatars would be filled with righteous indignation and no fear... Alas!"

"But that's good. If everyone is good at using their brains like Tang Yin, then I really can't lead the team! But I wonder if Tang Yin and Yongqi have returned to Yulin Cangcheng safely, and the situation is still good?"

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The two people Chen Xi was talking about finally arrived at the Yulinwei City after a lot of hardships, and after a while, they entered the city.

Tang Yin was covered in dust at this time, his scribes' shirt was torn and bloodstained on his neck and hands. On the way back, a small group of Tatars discovered their whereabouts and launched a pursuit from behind.

Tang Yin rushed forward when he was hitting the horse. Who would have thought that the horse would miss the front, and he accidentally fell to the ground.

A guard who was ordered to escort him rushed forward to death, rolled over and dismounted, pushed him onto the horse's back, hit the horse's thighs hard, and then went back alone to stop the Tatars.

"Bang bang"

When the gunshots came, Tang Yin couldn't help but look back. He saw that the guard shè killed three pursuers of Tartars, but he was also stabbed into a hedgehog by the arrows. He felt sad and afraid. Fortunately, at this time, it was not far from Yulin Cang City. A group of dragon cavalry came out from somewhere and shot at the Tartars from afar. He was so scared that the pursuers fled in panic that Tang Yin was able to return to the city block successfully.

It was a lot of trouble when entering the city, and it needed to verify its identity and even be searched by the city gate guards, which made Tang Yin very unhappy.

He yelled at the soldiers surrounding him: "I am a staff member in front of Lord Shen. I have just returned from the Yuxi River battlefield and am going to the Governor's Office to convey information. Do you actually doubt me? At this moment, tens of thousands of soldiers are fighting bloody in the north!"

Suddenly, Tang Yin had a strong sense of honor and tied himself up with the soldiers in Shen Xi's army. You should know that he followed Shen Xi from Datong to Yansui, traveled thousands of miles away, and completed the established military deployment. He was a hero, not the loser who was ridiculed for the sales case.

But even if Tang Yin is angry, he still has no choice but to search. He still needs to search himself. This is to avoid the Tatars' tricks to intervene, and everything can only be done according to the rules.

Tang Yin and Shen Yongqi successfully entered the city, and a large number of guards were escorting him. However, Tang Yin remembered that he should not go to the three-sided governor's office immediately, but had to find a contact person first and translate Shen Xi's letter.

"I won't go to the Governor's Office, you can let me go to a place first!" Tang Yin shouted loudly.

The military officers who led the team seemed very embarrassed: "Mr. Tang, you are the envoy sent by Lord Shen. We do not doubt this, but since you said you are here to convey information, even if you want to go elsewhere, you can only wait to see Lord Wang and Vice General Hou before talking about it!"

Tang Yin changed color: "Since you know that I am Shen Shangshu, you should know how important the mission I shoulder is... I can wait for you to go back and ask for instructions here, and then accompany me to meet people!"

Shen Yongqi whispered: "Mr. Tang, isn't this right? It seems that you can't let others go together..."

Tang Yin glared at Shen Yongqi disdainfully, as if saying, "What qualifications do you have to question me?"

The military officer was in a dilemma, but soon he no longer had to bear such a big burden, because Hou Xun, the deputy general in the city, rushed to the scene after Hou Xun met and performed a salute, the military officer told Tang Yin.

Hou Xun was a little confused and clasped his fists at Tang Yin: "Mr. Tang, look... Even if Lord Shen asks you to return to the city to report the news, you should hand over the information to the general. You general will report to Lord Wang..."

Tang Yin felt a glory of being respected because he was sent by Shen Xi and returned from the main battlefield at great risk. The local deputy general wanted to be polite when he saw him, and even called himself the "last general".

Tang Yin lost his previous domineering and explained: "In order to prevent the intelligence from falling into the opponent, Shangshu Shen specially wrote in secret documents. I must find someone to translate the text... Otherwise, even if I send the information to Wang Zhongcheng, he would not understand it!"

Hou Xun suddenly realized and nodded with a smile: "Then you naturally need to translate the text first... Lord Shen is still thoughtful. But he has to be cautious when he is in a dangerous situation."

Then Hou Xun waved his hand to the people behind him: "What are you waiting for? Accompany Mr. Tang to translate the letter!"

Hou Xun was not with him, so he had to go back to report to Wang Qiong first. Tang Yin escorted the troops to meet the contact person, not Yun Liu and Xier, but a leader of the local intelligence station. He successfully translated the text and Tang Yin went to the Sanbian Governor's Office with a arrogant attitude.

When he arrived at the intersection of the Governor's Office, Tang Yin saw someone waiting in front of him from a distance. He did not recognize the people in front of him because they were all wearing casual clothes, and one of the old men seemed to be very stylish.

Tang Yin would not have thought that not only Wang Qiong came out to greet him in person, but Xie Qian also waited at the yamen.

"Mr. Xie, Mr. Wang, Mr. Tang is here!"

Hou Xun went to see Tang Yin first, and when Tang Yin came on a horse, he introduced him.

Tang Yin was so smart that when he heard this title, he knew who was the person who came, and he couldn't help but feel excited.

I, Mr. Tang, will always make a name for myself, so that the top civil officials in the court will be respectful and even go out to greet me in person.

Wang Qiong walked forward, Tang Yin bowed: "I am here to Tang Yin, I wonder what this master is called?"

Hou Xun introduced: "This is the Lord of the Three-Border General."

"Have you met Wang Zhongcheng!"

Tang Yin bowed again.

At this time, a disharmonious voice sounded: "You are Tang Bohu? What a big style. I often mentioned it before. I didn't expect that he would take you out of the frontier... What can you do in the army with a powerless Confucian scholar? Tsk tsk!"

He was very disdainful of Tang Yin in his words.

Although Tang Yin felt aggrieved, he did not dare to have an attack on the spot because the other party was indeed qualified to mock him.
Chapter completed!